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The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering 40 yards (36.576 m). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL draft but also for collegiate recruiting. A player's recorded time can have a heavy impact on his prospects in college or professional football.
The fastest NFL combine 40-yard dash by a quarterback was set by Michael Vick in 2001, when Vick ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash. The time was later tied by Robert Griffin III in 2012.
Jahmyr Gibbs 40 time Gibbs ran a 4.36 40-yard dash at the NFL combine in 2023. That put him in a tie for seventh-best at the event, but ranked second amongst running backs, sliding in behind De ...
Worthy's 40 time from his second run broke the 2017 mark set by former Washington receiver John Ross, who ran the event in 4.22 seconds. For years, that mark was the one to beat — until the ...
The Ziegler article that was cited reports his 40 yd time as 4.38 s, which is not the 40 m time listed in this article but is also not the 40 yd time listed in this article. Any chance of getting this reconciled? --Mr Wednesday 20:03, 12 April 2007 (UTC) I have read on different coaching forums that Johnsons 40 yd time was 4.38 s in that race.
The record is 44.72 km/h (27.78 mph), measured between meter 60 and meter 80 of the 100 meters sprint at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics by speed. [4] [5] (Bolt's average speed over the course of this race was 37.578 km/h or 23.35 mph.) [6] Compared to quadrupedal animals, humans are exceptionally capable of endurance, but incapable of great speed. [7]
Over the weekend, former NFL quarterback Michael Vick decided to lace up his shoes to run to the 40-yard dash for NFL Network host Rich Eisen’s “Run Rich Run” campaign. With ease, the 40 ...
The modern sprinting events have their roots in races of imperial measurements which were later altered to metric: the 100 m evolved from the 100-yard dash, [7] the 200 m distance came from the furlong (or 1 ⁄ 8 mile), [8] and the 400 m was the successor to the 440-yard dash or quarter-mile race.